Europa rocket

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The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), which was the precursor to the European Space Agency and its Ariane family of launchers. The programme was initiated by the UK and the first launch occurred in August 1967.

Tasks were to be distributed between nations: the United Kingdom would provide the first stage, France would build the second and Germany the third stage.

The Europa programme was divided into 3 successive projects :

• Europa 1: 4 unsuccessful launches
• Europa 2: 1 unsuccessful launch
• Europa 3: Cancelled before any launch occurred

Europa rocket launches

Flight	Date	Model	No. of stages	Payload	Launch site
01	June 5, 1964	Europa 1	1	-	Woomera
02	October 20, 1964	Europa 1	1	-	Woomera
03	March 22, 1965	Europa 1	1	-	Woomera
04	May 24, 1966	Europa 1	1	upper stage mockups	Woomera
05	November 15, 1966	Europa 1	1	upper stage mockups	Woomera
06	August 4, 1967	Europa 1	2	third stage mockup	Woomera
07	December 5, 1967	Europa 1	2	third stage mockup	Woomera
08	November 30, 1968	Europa 1	3	third stage mockup	Woomera
09	July 31, 1969	Europa 1	3	satellite mockup	Woomera
10	June 6, 1970	Europa 1	3	satellite mockup	Woomera
11	November 5, 1971	Europa 2	4	satellite mockup	Kourou

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